AZ526644 - Generally Available: Azure Container Registry Repository Permissions with Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)

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Published

Nov 18, 2025

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • November 2025
    General Availability

Product

Azure Container Registry

Tag

Microsoft Ignite
Features

Category

Containers

Description

Organizations operating Azure Container Registries (ACR) require least-privilege permissions over which Microsoft Entra identities can publish or consume container images. With ACR repository permissions using attribute-based access control (ABAC), administrators can now grant granular repository and namespace-level permissions. This enables secure container registry operations by ensuring that CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes workloads can only perform image push, pull, or delete operations on authorized repositories. 

 

ABAC is available for both new and existing ACR registries, across all SKUs, in all regions.

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